"The victims were military and intelligence personnel working as part of Nicolas Maduro's inner security detail, the government in Havana said in a statement Damage from U.S. strikes on Venezuela, on June 4.Gaby Oraa (REUTERS) The first official information regarding the deaths resulting from the U.S. military operation in Venezuela has come from Cuba, almost two days after the attacks."
"As a result of the criminal attack perpetrated by the United States Government against the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, carried out in the early morning of January 3, 2026, 32 Cubans lost their lives in combat action as they were fulfilling missions representing the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Interior, at the request of counterpart bodies of the South American country, states a release from the Cuban Ministry of the Interior, published on social media."
Cuba reported that 32 Cuban military and intelligence personnel died during a U.S. military operation in Venezuela while performing missions for the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Interior. The Cuban Ministry of the Interior described the action as a criminal attack and issued condolences. Cuban advisers began embedding within Venezuelan institutions during Hugo Chavez's presidency through cooperation in health and education. Havana has exerted control over intelligence, counterintelligence, and presidential security in Caracas for more than a decade. Maduro created a Presidential Honor Guard with bodyguards selected by Cuban and Venezuelan security forces, and leadership of that corps changed after the 2014 elections, with General Javier Jose Marcano Tabata replacing Ivan Hernandez Dala.
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